What is Vestigare?
Vestigare answers the question “Where is N1234 right now?” It is a live, map-centric aircraft tracking application built for flight schools, small airports, and anyone who needs an intuitive view of the local airspace. Aircraft positions update in real time from multiple ADS-B data sources, smoothed with a Kalman filter and rendered at 60 fps on an interactive map.
Features
- ►Live aircraft positions from multiple ADS-B feeds, merged and deduplicated at 1 Hz
- ►Kalman-filtered position smoothing for silky 60 fps animation
- ►Traffic pattern detection — identifies crosswind, downwind, base, final, and precision final legs
- ►FAA registry lookup — N-number, owner, aircraft make and model for every target
- ►VFR sectional chart overlay (self-hosted FAA tiles, updated every 56 days)
- ►METAR weather display with color-coded flight category (VFR / MVFR / IFR / LIFR)
- ►Fleet tracking — filter to only your school’s N-numbers
- ►Proximity alerts — audio chime when an aircraft enters your configured radius
- ►Aircraft type icons — jet, business jet, turboprop, piston, rotorcraft, and more
- ►Follow mode — keep any aircraft centered on the map automatically
- ►Support for local dump1090 receivers alongside internet ADS-B feeds
Who it’s for
Know where every aircraft in your fleet is at a glance. See who is in the pattern, who is on a cross-country, and who just departed. Filter the map to your N-numbers so the display isn’t cluttered with airline traffic.
A live situational awareness display for FBOs, unicom operators, and tower controllers at uncontrolled fields. Traffic pattern detection shows which leg each aircraft is on without requiring a radar display.
Technology
Vestigare is a web application. It requires no install — open the URL, type an airport identifier, and the map loads. Settings are remembered in the browser. The backend aggregates ADS-B data from multiple providers simultaneously; a WebSocket delivers merged 1 Hz snapshots to all connected clients watching the same airport.